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2020 SESSION

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HB 1594 Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.

Introduced by: Joshua G. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20105878D  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/15/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20105878D
• 01/15/20  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/31/20  House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/04/20  House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
• 02/06/20  House: Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote